50 now is, and a passenger may breakfast in New York and dine in San Francisco at not a late hour on the following day. Since the Central's record another train has made the trip to Philadelphia on the Pennsylvania road, in a trifle over 13 hours, a distance of more than 90 miles. The speed possibilities of the future need not be nearly so great as they have been the present century to exceed the 100 mile an hour limit. Electricians have indicated the possibilities of a speed of 300 or even 500 miles an hour. It is not half a century since 30 miles an hour. was a high rate for express trains. Previous to 1825 the best part of two days were occupied in traveling from New York to Albany, or to Boston, and from two to three days was the estimated time. during the Revolution, though the Boston trip was accomplished by several "express" or couriers in less than thirty hours. The speed limit at the beginning of the century was about 100 miles a day; now, at the close, it is approaching 100 miles an hour. PLAINTS AND QUERIES. SUPERINTENDENT OF DRAWING. Editor School: DEAR SIR:-According to the first meeting of the Board of Education, as reported in SCHOOL, I see the new budget will provide for three new assistant superintendents. Commissioner Holt asked whether provision had been made for appointing a specialist for training our teachers in methods in two departments-physical instruction and drawing. Now, in that question, he voiced a crying need of the New York city shools. At the N. E. A. convention in Denver, a new department was organized, in recognition of the demand for the discussion of Physical Training. At the sessions of the Art Department, I learned that New York is almost the only city which does not include among its superintendents a Supervisor of Drawing. Teachers in all the schools receive circulars from teachers of drawing, who offer to teach them the methods of presenting the drawing to their classes, at varying prices. Your own advertising columns contain similar notices. In my own classes of teachers, I found teachers not only willing to give the extra time but also to pay for nstruction in methods of Drawing which their nore fortunate fellow-teachers in Brooklyn and Jersey City, and every other large city, receive rom the Supervisor of Drawing. Is it not time for New York city to provide its noble band of earnest teachers with the help that Drawing Supervisor alone can give, especially ince the class teacher is held responsible for the esults of the instruction of the special teachers of Drawing? Recognizing the need of this instruction, the New York Society of Pedagogy last spring gave a pecial course to its members. Mr. Henry G. Fitz, himself a successful artist and a most origi al and successful teacher in several New York chools, explained to about two hundred teachers he principles which have made his instruction uccessful. Drawing is, with him, no mere acomplishment, it is a most efficient means of ind training. His methods when presented to he art teachers at Denver, excited the keenest terest and admiration. If a vote of the teachrs were to be taken, they would not only declare at they need a Supervisor of Drawing, but also that Henry G. Fitz is the man who possesses the training and the inspiration to make drawing in all New York schools the vehicle of mind training, which the schools in which his methods have been adopted so signally show. For the last five years he has been doing for nothing what Supervisors of Drawing in other cities have received large salaries for doing, viz., inspiring teachers of the city schools with a desire to obtain better results from the instruction in drawing, and showing them the means by which drawing, can be made a mode of mind training. I studied many systems of drawing when I took charge of that work in No. 90, but the first real aid I obtained from a series of lessons given by Henry G. Fitz. Any teacher (and there are hundreds who know him) will testify to his success and power of inspiring enthusiasm, and his work in the Evening High School, as well as in other schools under his charge, will offer the same testimony. Our Board of Education will do well to consider these facts when appointing the three new superintendents next January, for no other reform they can make can improve our city schools, or add to the efficiency of our course of study more than this of giving our teachers the aid of a Supervisor of Drawing, a subject which the last few years have seen revolutionized as a school study. Introduced as a mere æsthetic accomplishment, it has become, in the hands of the best teachers, an indispensable aid in mind training. course of study rightly emphasizes its importance, and with a special supervisor to inspire our teachers and introduce in all our schools the methods which have proved successful in some, our city would assume in this department the position to which her pre-eminence as the Empire City of the Empire State entitles her. Very truly yours, Our DEAR SIR-Our school has been unpleasantly "tangled up" with the Wakefield and City Island schools. As a member of the Visiting Committee you recall its condition, inside and outside. ExChairman Cox, an old friend of the school, president of the Board ten years, never admired the floor in the assembly room, and, believing from the complimentary report of the committee that they might not make any improvements, Mr. Cox wrote Commissioner Wehrum regarding the floor, etc. He is much annoyed over the result of his letter, and authorizes me to say that he will donate through SCHOOL, to the teachers' fund, $100, if the Editor of SCHOOL or any commissioner in the Board will state, after examination, that there is in New York City a school, built prior to 1886, superior in equipment, construction and site to School No. 1, of Westchester. Now let your New Yorkers come forward! M. E. DEVLIN, Westchester, N. Y. September 24, 1895. Our recollection of the Westchester school was that it was an especially good and well kept building. That, we think was the general opinion of the committee and Superintendent Snyder. The condition of the floor does not reflect on the school or its trustees, but it makes necessary the action of the Board of Education to put it in good condition at the earliest opportunity.-EDITOR SCHOOL. THE WESTCHESTER SCHOOL. A communication to the Westchester Advance says: Permit me to give you the facts regarding Westchester Union Free School No. 1. Last July, President Maclay, of the Board of Education; Hon. Elmer A. Allen, president of the Twentyfourth Ward school trustees; Superintendent Snyder, Commissioner Strauss and several other gentlemen visited our school here and formally assumed charge. They reported Westchester School No. 1 as the best equipped inside and outside of any school in the newly-annexed territory, which report appeared in the Advance. The trustees and patrons of the above school felt highly complimented, especially the undersigned, who was a trustee during twelve years. While appreciating the pleasant things said about our school, I deemed it my duty to call the attention of Superintendent Snyder to the unworkmanlike manner, in my opinion, in which one of the floors had been constructed, and wrote Mr. Snyder to that effect. Superintendent Snyder again visited the building, and, while not agreeing with me entirely, he said that it would improve the stability of the floor to have it leveled up. Superintendent Snyder did not condemn the building nor any part of the building, nor were any directions given through his department or through the Board of Education or through the school trustees in charge of the school affecting the condition of the building. Unfortunately, the Evening Press confused Westchester school with the Wakefield school and City Island schools, both in the annexed territory, and both condemn. ed as unsuitable for occupancy. I am sorry to have been associated in any manner with these unpleasant reports, because I am a sincere friend and admirer of our school, in common with all of my fellow-townsmen. It has opened with the largest attendance in its history and will doubtless give a good account of itself. OPPOSED TO A PUBLIC SCHOOLS' DAY. Editor of School: DEAR SIR-Will you tell the teachers of the city what is meant by the latest action of the Board of Education in establishing a Public Schools' Day? Are there not few enough public school days in the year, that they want to reduce them still further by turning the children out in the streets? I had supposed that the school laws were made to instruct children in the schools, not to make public displays of them in the streets. Have we not had quite enough of these displays the past few years? It is only a few weeks since the time and attention of all the teachers were occupied in a public street display. Now, when the warm weather has subsided and we are able to get to work in earnest, is the time of pupils and teachers to be frittered away again? Have the parents of children expressed any wish for a public display? Has there been any public expression in favor of it? Have the school officers any legal right to take the children from the studies and the schools to which their parents send them, for the purpose of making a public spectacle of them in the streets? If they have, I know many parents who would like to have them show this right. If the new Reform Board of Education expects to bring about a reform in this way, Mayor Strong had better be given another power to remove, and to set up another Board before this one sets up a Public Fools' Day. Yours, PUBLIC SCHOOL. NEW YORK, September 23, 1895. SCHOOL TOPICS. Those who desire to subscribe to SCHOOL may do so by sending a postal card to our office, 154 5th ave. Grammar No. 36, of which Mr. DuBois is principal, has admitted a large number of new pupils this season. The next meeting of the Primary School Teachers' Association will be addressed by Assistant Superintendent Straubenmuller. The addition to Grammar No. 88 will give room to the nine classes of girls forming a portion of this school who have been attending Grammar No. 22. Miss Janet C. Burnett, principal of the Girls' Evening School No. 17, has issued an attractive circular of information regarding her school, at No. 335 West 47th st., which opened on last Monday night. The Manual Training department of Grammar No. 79 is the largest school in the city. Mr. Frederick J. Foster is in charge of the department. The vacation class, of which Mr. Foster, B. S., was principal, did excellent work. Miss Sarah J. S. Garnett, principal of the Grammar department of No. 80 in the Twenty-second Ward, has two empty class rooms in her department, which she begs to call to the attention of all the children in the near wards who wish to enter school. Miss M. A. Curtis, principal of Primary School No. 33, in East 167th st., organized her school on September 9th, and admitted the first day nearly three hundred. At present there are eight classes formed, and an attendance of nearly four hundred. The need for Primary schools in this vicinity is so great that the trustees say there will have to be another story added to Miss Curtis' school. The Twenty-third Ward is growing fast. WORK OF THE CITY COLLEGE. We republish, by request, the following com parative analysis of the City College, as it appeared in a letter in The Tribune some time a go: To the Editor of The Tribune: SIR: In a letter written to The Tribune of Wednesday, May 29th, a graduate of the College of the City of New York claims for his college a very high position. He states: "The standard at graduation of the College of the City of New York is within a year of that of Harvard, is within less than a year of that of Yale, and is easily on a par with that of Columbia and of the University of the City of New York. The work done by its graduates in the professional and other schools, where they have come in contact and in competition with the graduates of Yale, Harvard, Columbia and other colleges and universities, shows that in college training they have no superiors." The mere statement of these facts without acThe companying proof has but little weight. letter, called to my attention by one deeply interested in the college, led me to examine closely the records of the college to see if such were really the case. As a result of that study, I cannot but say that the records clearly substantiate the statement made in the letter mentioned. The only manner in which one can find out the standing of a college is to compare with the leading colleges the lengths of the sessions showing the number of weeks that are spent in actual work, the number of recitations in the year, the number of hours' teaching done each week, and the number of hours per year that are spent in teaching. Evidently such comparison would show as near as possible the relative value of the college. The reports show that of thirteen colleges, Columbia, Union, Hamilton, University of New York, University of Rochester, College of the City of New York, Amherst, Bowdoin, Brown, Dartmouth, Princeton, Wesleyan and Yale, the average length of session is 36 8-13 weeks; in the Col. lege of the City of New York, 38 weeks. The average number of recitations in the courses of the twelve colleges is 2,244; in the City College, 2,960. No college in any year of its course has as The only inference that can be drawn from that is benefited, and in most cases this fact is New York, May 31, 1895. U. F. MARTIN. THE TEACHERS' COLLEGE. The feature of chief importance in the new has been arranged so as to fit a Grammar school THE RETIREMENT FUND. The last recommendations for teachers to be Twelfth Ward-Primary department No. 54, Fourteenth Ward-Female department No. 21, Nineteenth. Ward-Male department No. 27, A further report of a number of names pre- A NEW COMPANY FORMED. ester. SHE CHOSE BETWEEN TRUSTEES. Miss Libbie Ribble was one of the most popular teachers in the public schools of Martinville, New Jersey, last year, says the Sun. She showed marked ability in instructing her pupils, and easily won the esteem of the parents. Gossips whispered that David E. Mundy, one of the Board of Trustees, visited the little schoolhouse more frequently than the duties of his position required. The villagers were not surprised when the engagement was announced early last spring. Shortly after the commencement of the summer vacation Mundy and Miss Ribble were married in the village church. Mrs. Mundy returned last week and expected to resume her duties as teacher. To her surprise it was intimated that the Board of Trustees desired her resignation. No cause was given, and the young woman ddcided that she would not resign. Then the Board adopted a resolution to pay her but $10 a month, which is one-third her regular salary. Mrs. Mundy accepted it under protest, and says she intends to bring suit against the Board for the balance of her salary. Friends of the young woman allege that the action of the Board is the result of spite on the part of one of the members. He was a suitor for ber hand, and she rejected his offer of marriage to accept Mundy. Mrs. Mundy says she will prove that being married does not interfere with her effi ciency as a teache, and she does not propose to be forced out without making a fight. The sympathy of the community is with the schoolmistress. SEVENTEENTH WARD SCHOOLS. The schools of the Seventeenth Ward have all begun in first class shape. Chairman Herman Merrill says: Grammar No. 25, in all three departments, is filled; the same condition prevails in No. 19 in East 14th st., No. 79 in 1st st. and No. 13 in Houston st. Primary No. 26 is starting with increased numbers, and the new school building at 9th st. and First ave., known as Primary No. 22, although not completed yet, by the courtesy of the contractors is being occupied in part, even now, by over 500 children. With an addition to No. 13, which the Committee on Sites of the Board of Education promised to report favorably, the Seventeenth Ward will have pretty near all the accommodations that is needed for the present. I want to say just here, added Mr. Merritt, that the Board of Education has been with us in every effort to get the necessary accommodation for the children of our ward. We find SCHOOL a necessity, aud look for it each week. It should be read by all the teachers and school officers. FACTS AND FANCIES. It is related of a prominent Brooklyn public man who is something of a wag, that he began a public address recently with the words: "Friends, Fellow Citizens, and Trolley Dodgers!" He "Next!" cried a Kingsbridge poll clerk at a recent local election, in a fit of mental abstraction. was a barber, and it seems the voting precinct was established in his office. A French lady staying in America, who was wrestling with the English language, had made good progress, and one day accepted an invitation to dinner. Some one offered her a dish that was new to her. Not fancying it, she declined, saying, "Ah, thanks; no, monsieur, I eat only acquaintances."-Exchange. Capt. Asbury Adams of the United States Fish Commission says that last year the work of hatching lobster eggs was begun at Ten Pound Island. and 100,600,000 young lobsters were hatched and liberated. He says he has seen eels suck eggs from lobsters in an aquarium, and he has become convinced that the greater part of lobster spawn is destroyed in this manner. Dr. E. Fernia, of Chicago, became acquainted with Dr. Darling, of 4329 Lake ave., under peculiar circumstances. Dr. Fernia takes a bicycle spin every afternoon, the weather permitting. Recently he was riding along Rush st. when his wheel struck a stone, throwing him into an open carriag that was passing. In the carriage was Dr. Darling Dr. Fernia apologized for the prank of his wheel and handed Dr. Darling his card. Dr. Darling laughingly accepted the apology and gave Dr. Fernia his card. As the physicians parted they shook hands and promised to call on each other socially. ESCULAPIAN LOVE. O bid me not, Amanda, as a student of the Lancet, To meet you when the moon has tinged the sleeping earth with gold; The evening is traditionally fitting, but perchance it Would bring about bronchitis, or at least a heavy cold. And, though we love each other as but few have loved before us, We need no outward token of unalterable bliss; Leave that to those less prudent; the authorities assure us That very often microbes are transmitted by a kiss. Nor must you rush toward me to express your satisfaction: It's true that fate bas severed us for many a weary day; But still, excitement, as you know, accelerates the action Of pulse and heart in really quite a prejudicial way. I'll see you, then, at midday (please make sure the room is heated To 60 or to 61): we'll talk about the past, And how our various ailments by our doctors have been treated- When, by the way, Amanda, were you vaccinated last? And so we'll meet to-morrow; I will sing your favorite ballad (For vocal exercises greatly benefit the lung), And, having lunched discreetly off an hygienic salad, We'll gaze into each other's eyes, and on each other's tongue. -St. James' Budget. PERSONAL. Miss Mabel White, of the Primary department of No. 51, has been transferred to No. 93, in the Twelfth Ward. Mr. N. B. Chase has been appointed in the Male department of No. 93, of which Mr. Thomas Moore is the principal. Miss Jennie Goetz has been transferred from the Primary department of No. 40, to Grammar No. 10 in the Twelfth Ward. A competent instructor in the Russian language may secure engagement by applying for information at the office of SCHOOL, A competent teacher in vocal music can obtain a desirable position by application at the Inwood School of which Dr. Barringer is principal. Miss Casey and Miss Teven, two bright young teachers, have been appointed additional teachers in the Primary of No. 22, Miss Bell's department. Mr. L. J. Marx, of the Male Grammar of which Mr. B. W. Purcell is the principal, has resigned his position in the school to pursue the study of law. Miss Mary E. Smith of Miss Wray's department of No. 40, has not yet been able to resume her class in that department on account of serious If you wish to subscribe to SCHOOL, send a post- Mr. Mark J. Katz who was at one time a teacher in the Evening Schools, has prepared an interesting report on them for Good Government Club E, of which he is a member. Miss Curtis, a permanent substitute of the Pri- In Mr. Gutgsell's department of No. 23, Mr. O. Miss Anna Elliott has been appointed an ad- Commissioner Henry A. Rogers returned with Two assessments for the Teachers' Life Associa- The resignation of Miss Amy I. Kraft, of Miss It is remarked that the genial features of Assistant Superintendent Straubenmuller, which are always attractive, wear a distant expression of abstraction in these days, as if in the contemplation of some profound, complicated and abstract psychological problem. Miss M. J. Tibbets, of the Primary department of Grammar No. 40, has been transferred to Grammar No. 39, Mr. Meighan's department. Two new substitutes have been appointed in Grammar No. 40, Mr. Harrison's school. They are Miss Irene Corey and Miss Johnson. Mr. E. S. Brickner, of the Male Grammar department of No. 93, of which Mr. Thomas Moore is the principal, has been transferred to No. 95, Mr. W. B. Friedberg's school, to fill the vacancy caused by the promotion of Mr. Sidney M. Fuerst to a higher position in the Male Grammar, of which Mr. Henry Cassidy is the principal. The appointment of Miss E C. O'Rourke as principal of the Primary department of No. 32, and the retirement of Miss Adelaide S. Forbes has made a number of changes in that department. MERRILL'S VERTICAL COPY-BOOKS have been a decided suc cess from the start, and within the past few months scores of large cities and towns, in widely different sections of the country, have adopted these new books. Many representative schools in New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City have already introduced them, and everywhere they are spoken of in the highest terms of praise. MAYNARD, MERRILL & CO., Publishers, 43, 45 and 47 East 10th st., New York City. RICHARD E. MAYNE, A.M., Elocution for Teachers. RECOGNIZED AS FOREMOST IN HIS PROFESSION. Address, HOTEL NETHERLANDS, All the teachers have been advanced and Miss A. Healy has been appointed. Miss Mary E. Kane was made permanent substitute in the school. Mr. O. B. Libbey, trustee for several years in the Fifteenth Ward, and the proprietor of the Brevoort House, has opened the Albemarle, at Madison Square and West 24th st. Mr. Libbey's hosts of friends, who were acquainted with his qualities as a host as well as a school officer, congratulate him on his new and central location. Mr. J. Plough who has been teaching in a private school in this city, has received the appointment as third assistant in the Male Grammar of No. 10, of which Dr. E. R. Birkins is the principal. Miss M. A. Carolan of the Male department of No. 58, and Miss M. White of the Male Grammar of No. 93, have also received appointments in this school. Changes have also been made in Grammar No. 32, in the Twentieth Ward, of which Dr. T. Dwight Martin is principal, on account of the resignation tendered to the Board of Education of Miss Helen V. Babcock. Miss Babcock has taught the boys' class in the Grammar department. The teachers have all been promoted, and the lowest class filled by the appointment of Miss Wood. OPENING MCCREERY & CO.'S NEW When a well known house, whose name, like that of James McCreery & Co., has become part of the mercantile history of the period, opens a new establishment, it becomes an event of interest and importance, as marking the uptown growth and development of the community. Such an event is not a frequent oɔcurrence among "business openings," and that it is so, has been indicated by the throngs of people who have since, Tuesday filled the new store of McCreery & Co., at Nos. 64, 66 and 68 West 23d st. The new building presents a handsome front on 23d st., a thoroughfare which is to day a center of greater traffic than 14th st. or Broadway was fifteen years ago. It is the channel of the largest shopping interests in this country, and, probably, all things considered, an interest as large as may be found in London, Paris, or Berlin. The building extends through the block to 22d st., and four large, light and airy floors afford an ample space for the exhibit of the fine stocks which have associated McCreery & Co. with the best fabrics that the markets of the world produce. In opening the new house, the firm has also introduced several new departments to meet the requirements of the time. Of these the millinery on the second floor is the largest, and has been one of the attractions most admired during the week. Fancy goods, art materials and bric-a-brac are among the other novelties that have been added. These have been selected not for a passing or meritricious effect, but with taste and for use. In the arrangement of the several floors, the space was never overcrowded, and a modest distribution of beautiful flowers and plants gave freshness and color to the display. Half of the first floor is given to the rich and brilliant silks, velvet and dress fabrics which the firm manufacture and import. The cloaks and suits, the upholstery, fine French lace curtains, imported damasks and tapestries, gloves, ribbons and hosiery, have all their allotted places. They are arranged with the fitness that appeals to and pleases the eye, without crowding it. Four elevators carry the visitors from floor to floor and though to some extent taxed by the crowds of this week, they have been provided with a view to meet the needs of the large host of friends of this firm, known in the households of all parts of the country. See List of Supplies, 1895. EACLE STANDARD PENCILS. So Reliable and so Popular, are on the List of Supplies for 1895. Are far superior to, and cost about half less than those of any other make. Try them and be convinced! Kindly Encourage New York Industry. HOMER P. BEACH, 73 Franklin Street, N. Y. ALBANY DENTAL ASSOCIATION, FOR ATTENDANCE OFFICERS. At a meeting of the Committee on By-laws on Monday, a number of the applicants, men and women, for appointment in the office of the Truancy department were examined. Commissioner Beneville presided and conducted with delicacy the trying ordeal requiring him to ask the ages of the lady candidates, to ascertain if they had attained sufficient years and wisdom to undertake the duties of a truant officer. Several were debarred, not having reached the proper age. Four agents are to be appointed. The following are the names of those who were candidates: Pauline Lyon, 543 East 164th st.; Mrs. Eva Monaghn, 280 Broadway, Room 10; Mrs. Charlotte E. Barguet, 247 West 13th st.; Louis Greenwald, 629 Park ave.; Albert B. Fest, 415 West 40th st.; William Riley, 393 Bleecker st.; James Picton, 18 West 9th st.; Henry H. Connolly, 79 East 113th st.; Edward R. Scott, 220 East 20th st.; Leila Pfeiffer, 2150 Fifth ave.; Alfred Joseph, 427 East 86th st,; Theo. Hugot, 310 East 20th st.; W. R. Davis, 205 West 61st st.; John A. McGloine, 131 West 101st st.; Thos. B. Doane, 464 Third ave. ; Samuel C. Smith, 568 E. 145th st.; Wm. C. Yorke, 471 W. 153d st.; Walter Dull, 154 E. 127th st.; Louis Berg, 245 7th st.; Henry L. Cosgrove, 551 E. 11th st.; Chas. A. Whitmore, 126 W. 29th st.; Henry Cohen, 208 E. 48th st.; Edwin Werner, 59 Bowery; W. H. Renne, 74 W. 101st st.; W. J. Matthews, 76 South Washington Square; Wm. Doane, 365 W. 24th st.; Chas. Wandres, 391 Seventh ave.; Angelis D'Ann, 101 W. 11th st.; Rich. M. Robinson, 232 E. 42d st.; Patrick J. Hayburn, 124 Monroe st.; John F. Kealy, 167 E. 33d st.; J. M. Walsh, 348 Third ave. ; Michael Moss, 208 W., 11th st.; Wm. Henderson, 349 E. 41st st.; John McCabe, 884 Cauldwell ave.; Edwin J. Bourke, 198 Lexington ave.; Charles Danbury, 138 W. 66th st.; G. V. Miller, 245 E. 81st st.; Robt. Heinbothem, 1192 Washington ave.; Frank J. Nealis,; Miss Mary E. Alger, 9 W. 64th st.; John J. Keelon, 639 E. 143d st.; James M. Freeman, 75 8th ave.; John C. Macknight, 104 W. 101st st.; John Burns, 61 Marion st.; Gennam R. D. Antrim, 225 First ave.; Joseph W. Mead, 131 E. 52d st.; Isaac Goldberg, 345 E. 52d st.; John E. Breeze, 431 W. 51st st.; Peter F. Gilhuly, 122 E. 122d st.: Rob't. McNaughton, jr., 269 Madison ave.; Ed. V. Gormley, 227 E. 19th st.; Wm. A. James, 1873 Park ave.; G. W. Thomas, 345 W. 59th st.; Chas. H. Stevenson, 273 8th ave.; Eugene Soulleget, 625 E. 136th st.; E. Condell, 173 Elizabeth st.; William H. Baker, 241 Spring st.; Mrs. Turney, Marvin ave. and 183d st.; John S. Ellison, 270 W. 118th st.; PIANOS Are the favorite of the Artist THE CELEBRATED Lorenzo T. Baker, 306 W. 31st st.; G. W. Kitchell, 120 Broadway, Room 6; Wm. D. Lenihan, 749 E. 168th st.; Thos. J. Reilly, 436 W. 47th st.; J. G. Harris, 24 Carmine st.; Wm. Franz, 324 E. 49th st.; Louis L. Brennan, 328 Robbins ave.; Wm. A. Tulley, 891 First ave. ; Chas. P. Maguire, 419 E. 69th st.; Nicholas C. Conlon, 247 W. 31st st.; Lyman Van Vales, 326 W. 20th st.; August G. Feickert, 282 Grand st.; Julian E. Stohlman, Jr., 148 Park Row; Chas. Harrington, 847 East 163d st.; Wm. Finley, 355 Bleecker st.; James M. Gano, 156 W. 45th st.; Walter Lake, 27 East 86th st.; John C. Cushman, 423 E. 81st st. JANITORS OF THE NEW DISTRICT. At a meeting of the Committee on Teachers on Tuesday, Superintendent Jasper was instructed to call a meeting of the janitors of the new schools in the Annexed District, on Saturday morning of the present week, September 28th, at ten o'clock, at the Board of Education. The pur. pose of the meeting is to instruct the janitors in the regulations of New York public schools. Mr. Snyder, Superintendent of Buildings, was also requested to be present to instruct the janitors on a part of the Building Department. An opinion from the Court of Appeals in regard to the legality of the Annexation Act, is expected to morrow (Friday.) If the court finds that the Act is not constitutional, no further action will be necessary on the part of the city in regard to these schools. AN AUTUMN TOUR. An attractive early autumn tour is announced by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. It includes the battlefield of Gettysburg, picturesque Blue Mountain, Luray Caverns, the Natural Bridge, Grottoes of the Shenandoah, the cities of Richmond and Washington. The tour covers a period of ten days, and will start from New York in special trains of parlor cars on October 8. Round trip rate, including all necessary expenses, $55 fro u New York, $53 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates from other points. For detailed itinerary apply at ticket agents or to tourist agent, 1196 Broadway, New York, or Room 411, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia. NOS. 149 TO 155 EAST 14TH STREET, NEW YORK. CAUTION—The buying public will please not confound the genuine S-O-H-M-E-R Piano with one of a similar sounding name of a cheap grade. THE MAGAZINES. The complete novel in the October issue of Lippincott's, My Strange Patient, contains some adventures that are by no means commonplace. The author, William T. Nichols, though hitherto little known, has a story to tell. The other tales of this number are The Train for Tarrow's, by Virginia Woodward Cloud, and Carroll's Cows, by E. L. C. In an article at once crisp and solid, Fred. Perry Powers discusses Ethics and Economics, and shows that the world's business must of necessity be conducted on business principles, and that considerations of philanthropy and sentiment are secondary, not primary. Theodore Stanton supplies some facts concerning French Roads. Marion Manville Pope writes of The Highways of the World, and John Paul Bocock describes Van Gestel's explorations Inside New Guinea. Elizabeth S. Perkins tells the brief tale of The King of Rome, otherwise the Duke of Reichstadt, Napoleon's son. In the October Atlantic Mrs. Ward's serial, A Singular Life, is concluded. Gilbert Parker's Seats of the Mighty, increases in interest. Further chapters of Charles Egbert Craddock's Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain also appear. One of the most striking contributions is another Japanese study by Lafcadio Hearn, entitled The Genius of Japanese Civilization. The third of Mr. Peabody's papers, An Architect's Vacation, tells of The Venetian Day. There is a paper by Susan Coolide, on The Countess Potocka, and an unusually readable paper of travel by Alvan F. Sanborn, entitled The Wordsworth Country on Two Shillings a Day. A series of pictures in McClure's Magazine for October, from photographs taken for this special use, will exhibit the life-size equestrian statues of Grant and Lincoln, lately completed for the city of Brooklyn by the sculptors O'Donovan and Eakins, through all the stages of their execution, from the first studies in wax and clay from living models, down to the final castings in bronze. A paper by Cleveland Moffett will also describe the work, from personal observation of the artists and their assistants. A member of the staff of the New York Tribune at the time of the draft riots. will describe the assaults of the rioters on The Tribune office, and tell how it was armed against them. A poem by Mrs. T. H. Huxley, some more fables by Robert Louis Stevenson, a new story of court intrigue by Stanley J. Weyman, and an article on the closing of the New York saloons on Sunday, written by Theodore Roosevelt, are also interesting articles. A BABY EATEN BY A BEAR. Recently near Bear Lake, Oregon, a bear ate up an Indian child that was left in the brush asleep while its mother was picking berries. The poor woman heard the cries of her infant, and, thinking that it was being injured, picked up a butcher knife and rushed to its assistance. She found a savage bear with the baby in its claws and gawning the prostrate body. Heroically she began the fight, but the bear was too powerful for her, and, although she fought bravely, when she was rescued by the Indians she was nearly killed, the brute having clawed and mangled the flesh on her body in a fearful manner. The little child was dead, and almost every particle of flesh on its body was devoured by the angry animal. They managed to kill the bear. 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